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Proc 8400ProclamationObama · DCeremonial

Proclamation 8400

Minority Enterprise Development Week, 2009

President Obama proclaimed August 23-29, 2009 as Minority Enterprise Development Week, calling on Americans to celebrate with programs and activities recognizing the contributions of minority-owned businesses to the economy. The proclamation highlights the role of nearly 4 million minority-owned firms in job creation and economic recovery but contains no binding policy directives or funding mandates.

Federal Register Open PDF 74 FR 43027

Impact dates

  1. Start of Minority Enterprise Development Week

Key directives

  • Proclaim August 23 through August 29, 2009 as Minority Enterprise Development Week
  • Call upon all Americans to celebrate with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities

Timeline

Immediate

  • Proclamation of August 23-29, 2009 as Minority Enterprise Development Week

Near term (90d)

  • Voluntary celebrations and programs during the designated week

Long term

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Risks & tensions

  • No funding or programmatic authority attached; purely symbolic recognition
  • Economic claims in proclamation not accompanied by concrete policy mechanisms to support minority enterprises
Proclamation 8400: Minority Enterprise Development Week, 2009 · Executive Orders